US 12,420,105 B2
Medical apparatus and method of using the medical apparatus
Matthew Robert Shaker, Centreville, VA (US); and Daniel Fleck, Potomac, MD (US)
Assigned to Altrix Medical, Inc., Centreville, VA (US)
Filed by ALTRIX MEDICAL, INC., Centreville, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/177,755.
Application 19/177,755 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/827,730, filed on Sep. 7, 2024, granted, now 12,303,703.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/537,084, filed on Sep. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0235709 A1, Jul. 24, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/39044 (2017.08) [A61N 1/3925 (2013.01); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); A61N 1/046 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a medical apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a medical apparatus configured to be hand-held and further configured in an initial state to perform a medical treatment of a living body;
connecting to the medical apparatus a first adaptor-kit cartridge and using a first accessory configured to enable the medical apparatus to perform a first new medical function selected from the group consisting of a diagnostic function, a monitoring function, and a medical treatment of a living body, the first adaptor-kit cartridge and the first accessory are further configured to be used together when the first adaptor-kit cartridge is operationally integrated into the medical apparatus;
connecting to the medical apparatus a second adaptor-kit cartridge and using a second accessory configured to enable the medical apparatus to perform a second new medical function selected from the group consisting of a diagnostic function, a monitoring function, and a medical treatment of a living body, the second adaptor-kit cartridge and the second accessory are further configured to be used together when the second adaptor-kit cartridge is operationally integrated into the medical apparatus;
providing the first adaptor-kit cartridge, the second adaptor-kit cartridge, the first accessory and the second accessory;
using the medical apparatus to perform the medical treatment;
transforming the medical apparatus to perform the first new medical function by connecting to the medical apparatus the first adaptor-kit cartridge and by using the first accessory;
removing the first adaptor-kit cartridge and stopping use of the first accessory; and
transforming the medical apparatus to perform the second new medical function by connecting to the medical apparatus the second adaptor-kit cartridge and by using the second accessory.